By: James Aitchison The Voice was speaking:The substance of life is ever-changing,while you construct unchanging attributesthat live within yourself.Man, you can be in harmonywith the world despite adversity.What of the bodily,what of the physical,what of the emotional?They matter not.Seeking wisdom…

By: RC deWinter dreamgirl even nowespecially nowwe do the safe thing,the smart thing,the done thing…most do, anyway well, i’m here to tell youi didn’t i followed my heartchased my dream(do what you love!)jumping fencesswimming oceansrunning down dark alleysthat twisted inunexpected…

By: Sahana Ray After her Son Mayawalks the Palm Springs, holding nothing in her hands. She once owned a pen, drew castles within hercramped old walls;but a stretched detour in her high school days-backstreet dusky like her skin-“Poor girl, so…

By: Borna Kekić Milas Only me Sometimes I unknowingly fly through the skyI leave pains and worries behind,and I shouldn’t… Pen in hand,A blank paper in front of me.I’m going down an unknown road,I step into my thoughts,I run away…

By: Karl Miller      The anhinga, its knifelike beak prepared to strike, perched on a low branch, and stared down at the dark water around the mangrove roots beneath it. As dusk enveloped the Everglades, the long greenish-black bird studied…

By: Zach Arnett The Ice! Is Gonna Break! You should bank all that want in a sno-conecup, pitch it in the old dessert fridge downstairsor I’ll never get to sleep. Lately allmy dreams are of blanched men with furry Mar-fan…

By: Roger G. Singer WHISPERS I see youat the edge moonlightbrushes your hairas a mild breezedrifts overthe lipswhispering mynameas we standunder tall pineslining the pathnext to theoceanwhere astarry night skyis reflectedonto itssmooth surface ### LINEN SONG fair windscircledpast openwindowsteasingcheckedand stripedcurtainssnappingtheir…

By John RC Potter Prayers Prayer 1:“Your love will keep me safe.”I say these words on those daysas the airplane leaves the groundand yet again when it sets down;they are my refrain and my beliefthus, no fear is to be…

By: Mahathi LONG JOURNEY You have to make a journey long one dayO friend. No kith, no kin, will follow you.They shed few tears for you and tread their way.Your friends and others just pretend to rue. The money you…

By: Bruce Levine A two-season yearSpring and fallYin and yangFrom budsTo bountiful flowersAnd paleTo dark green leavesThen the changeJust at the peakOf perfectionAs the days recedeAnd the glorious colorsOf fall appearReds and yellowsOrange and goldAnd the leaves fallA full cycleTo…